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Experiences 🔬🚀🤖

• Tuan Anh Nguyen is currently serving as an Academic Research Professor (학술연구교수) in Computer Science, with a specialization in Dependable, Autonomous, and Intelligent Systems (DAIS), at the Konkuk Aerospace Design-Airworthiness Institute (KADA) (총장지정KU연구소, 항공우주설계인증연구소). He collaborates closely with Prof. Jae Woo Lee (이재우) and Prof. Dugki Min (민덕기) at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, since July 2020.

• He was formerly a professional member of AIAA and is currently a professional member of IEEE, IEEE Computer, IEEE Robotics and Automation (IEEE RAS), IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems (IEEE AESS), and the IEEE Reliability Societies.

• His Ph.D. advisor (Prof. Dong Seong Kim (김동성)) is an Elected Member of the IFIP WG 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance (from 2021 onwards). The IFIP WG 10.4 comprises over 60 experts in fault tolerance, dependable, and secure computing.

• Previously, he worked as a Research Professor (연구교수) at the Office of Research, University-Industry Cooperation Foundation (건국대학교 산학협력단), collaborating with Prof. Dugki Min (민덕기) at Konkuk University from March 2016 to February 2020.

• He served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory (DMS Lab.) under Prof. Dugki Min (민덕기) at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, from August 2015 to February 2016.

• He was a Ph.D. Research Associate in the Network Security and Systems Laboratory (NS Lab.) under Prof. Jong Sou Park (박종서) and Prof. Dong Seong Kim (김동성) at Korea Aerospace University (KAU) between 2011 and 2015.

• He worked as a full-time researcher at the FPT Space Technology Research (F-Space) Laboratory under the FPT Technology Research Institute (FTRI), FPT University, FPT Cooperation, Hanoi, Vietnam, during 2009–2010.

• He also served as a research engineer in the Real-time Operating System Nucleus (TRON) Laboratory at FPT Software, FPT Cooperation, Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2008.

Education 🎓🧠💻

• He received his Ph.D. (2011–2015) in Computer Science and System Engineering from the Embedded Systems and Network Security Laboratory (NS Lab.), Department of Computer Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, under the supervision of Prof. Jong Sou Park (박종서) and Prof. Dong Seong Kim (김동성).

• He obtained his M.Sc. (2008–2010) and B.Eng. (2003–2008) in Mechatronics under Prof. Dinh Van Phong at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Hanoi, Vietnam.

Academic Genealogy 🧬🔭

• His Ph.D. dissertation advisors were Professor Jong Sou Park (박종서) (Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1994) and Professor Dong Seong Kim (김동성) (Korea Aerospace University, South Korea, 2008), who was also a descendant of Prof. Park.

• Professor Dong Seong Kim’s postdoctoral advisor was Kishor S. Trivedi (UIUC, 1974), the Hudson Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, USA.

• Professor Jong Sou Park’s advisor was Paul Thomas Hulina (Pennsylvania State University, 1969). Tracing further back:
  • Jon G. Bredeson (Northwestern University, 1967)
  • Seifollah Louis Hakimi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 1959)
  • Mac Van Valkenburg (Stanford University, 1952)
  • Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr. (Stanford University, 1949)
  • Frederick Emmons Terman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1924, Sc.D.)
  • Vannevar Bush (MIT, 1916)
    and eventually
  • Arthur Edwin Kennelly (self-taught), who worked at Thomas Edison’s West Orange Laboratory from December 1887 to March 1894, and Duglad C. Jacson.

• For more information, please refer to Prof. Dong Seong Kim (김동성).

• Computer Science academic tree

Research Interests 💡⚙️🔧

His current areas of research include:

1. Dynamics and Control Theory and Systems
2. AI-based Digital Twin Systems and Methods
3. Computer Science and Software Engineering with specialization in Dependable, Autonomous, and Intelligent Systems
4. Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance of Systems and Networks
5. Mechatronics and Aerospace Robotic Systems

In brief 🌐📡💼

Tuan Anh Nguyen (Ph.D. ’15, M.Sc. ’10, B.Eng. ’08) currently serves as an Academic Research (Assistant) Professor of Computer Science and System Engineering at the Konkuk Aerospace Design-Airworthiness Institute (KADA), Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. He has been the technical project leader for the “Artificial Intelligence Digital Twin Research for Urban Air Mobility (UAM)” project, funded by the Korea National Research Foundation (NRF) for the period 2020–2029. He is also a professional member of AIAA, IEEE, IEEE Computer, IEEE Robotics and Automation (IEEE RAS), IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems (IEEE AESS), and IEEE Reliability Societies.

He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from the Department of Computer Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, in 2015. He received his M.Sc. and B.Eng. in Mechatronics from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2010 and 2008, respectively. Prior to his current position, Dr. Nguyen was a Research (Assistant) Professor in the Office of Research at the University-Industry Cooperation Foundation, Konkuk University, from March 2016 to February 2020. He served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory (DMS Lab.) at Konkuk University from August 2015 to February 2016, and as a Ph.D. Research Associate in the Network Security and Systems Laboratory (NS Lab.) at Korea Aerospace University from 2011 to 2015. Additionally, he worked as a Research Engineer in the TRON Laboratory and the F-Space Laboratory at FPT Software and FPT Technology Research Institute (FTRI) in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2008 and 2009–2010, respectively.

His current research interests include Dynamics and Control Theory and Systems, AI-based Digital Twin Systems and Methods, Computer Science and Software Engineering with specialization in Dependable, Autonomous, and Intelligent Systems, Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance of Systems and Networks, and Mechatronics and Aerospace Robotic Systems.

Contact ✉️🌏

• His hometown is Hanoi, Vietnam.

• E-mail: anhnt2407 at konkuk.ac.kr​

• Address:

  • 서울특별시 광진구 능동로 120 (건국대학교 서울 캠퍼스) (신공학관 1207호 or 중장비실험동 204호)
  • (05029) 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, KOREA (Konkuk University, Seoul Campus) (New Engineering Building, Room #1207) or (Heavy Experimental Lab.’s Building, Room #204)